Perfection, then, is not a change in the essential character but the completion of a course. This is precisely what Jesus must have meant when he admonished his disciples and us to ‘be perfect,’ as...

It was God who made me so beautiful. If I weren’t, then I’d be a teacher.

If I have found my journey to be a maddening tangle of wandering ‘rabbit-trails,’ a labyrinth of incessantly circular passages to nowhere and back, and a plethora of assorted ‘dead-ends’ fraudulently disguised as paths of...

Adam and Eve had first-hand empirical evidence of God’s existence. He walked in the Garden with them. Their problem was that God told them they could not eat of a certain tree. – p. 113

We are all butterflies. Earth is our chrysalis.

I want to stand on the truth that God has designed us to stand, and that the opportunity to stand is the opportunity to live exuberantly and gloriously.

Faith is such a wonderful thing. Without it, we would be panicky when we feel like we’re standing alone and when the things we need and yearn for seem to be beyond our reach.

How do you get rid of unhappiness? You must release yourself from the prison you have unknowingly placed yourself in. Come to terms with the fact that there are things that you cannot control. But,...

In God there is no hunger that needs to be filled, only plenteousness that desires to give.

True soul pulses with a knowing every hour of the day. It does not fall asleep when the body does, and it does not rest when the mind falls off into a dream state. The...

I did so many bad things to your god; if he or she exists; would have been pregnant now.

You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.

You get attachment when your mind is turned towards the world. When it is turned towards God, you attain liberation. It is the same lock and the same key that are responsible for bondage and...

When the crucified Jesus is called “the image of the invisible God,” the meaning is that THIS is God, and God is like THIS.

God is too good to be unkind and He is too wise to be mistaken. And when we cannot trace His hand, we must trust His heart.

I wish I could say that everything I do is for God’s glory but I can’t. And neither can you. What I can say is Jesus’ blood covers all my efforts to glorify myself.

He is the most beautiful creature I have ever seen and it’s not about his face, but the life force I can see in him. It’s the smile and the pure promise of everything he...

If we stay with animal analogies for a moment, owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas...

God hides the fires of hell within paradise.

I believe God works through other people. So, if you think about that it means you are God for someone else. Every day, reach out and help someone. If you tell me you are poor...

God’s promises are like the stars; the darker the night the brighter they shine.

I had a magical day during one Sunday when I walked out in nature. On the outside this day only consisted of taking a walk out in the beautiful sunny weather and cleaning my apartment,...

Have you ever wondered why there are so many Gods and so many religions? It is because in the Land of the Gods, there is not a single hand to guide the Gods on a...

Billions and billions of stars and planets out there, and behind them all are God.

Everybody’s lookin for God everywhere on the outside. He ain’t in no book, and He ain’t in no preacher, and He ain’t in nothin or no one on the outside. You got to go inside...

As Christians, we call ourselves people of faith, but how much practical faith do we really have?

God sends his Son – here lies the only remedy. It is not enough to give man a new philosophy or better religion. A Man comes to men. Every man bears an image. His body...

This heart belongs to you alone.

In relationships, when a person gets angry, it is really just hurt in disguise. So men, consider this the next time the woman you are with gets angry with you. She is most likely just...

Stop asking God to bless what you’re doing. Find out what God’s doing. It’s already blessed.

I was insanely jealous of Lucille. More jealous than I’d ever been of anyone in my entire life. Because she truly meant it. All I could think was, why can’t I be as stupid as...

I now fear, less. I step into my power, peace + love. Because fear is the enemy of my soul.

The applause of the audience is short-lived. When calls resound for an encore, we are called to direct our attention to our Master.

There he is then, the unfortunate brute, quite miserable because of me, for whom there is nothing to be done, and he so anxious to help, so used to giving orders and to being obeyed....

God is closer to you than you think.

Why not have a God in your back pocket for when you need Him? That’s all most of them mean by ‘Christian.

God save us from people who mean well.

Lust is Love without the vital ingredient: Passion.

But somewhere before the Renaissance they realized that it was impossible to live without love. Thus they created a new strand. The first of the synthetic emotions to ever be created. It opened up the...

God is not so far away. He is not in the heavens above, nor in hell below. He is always near you.

The spiritual response is too often a simplistic one: we abandon God or we blame God for abandoning us.

Beware of formulas. If there’s a God, he’s not a God of formulas.

A solemn day. Barring a stay by Sup Ct, & with my final nod, Utah will use most extreme power & execute a killer. Mourn his victims. Justice.[…] I just gave the go ahead to...

The Bible speaks of the Word of God as added. Sometimes it’s planted by the wayside, and nothing grows there. Sometimes it’s sown among the thorns and represents the person who makes the decision an...

One day, my father said there was nothing outside infinity. He said the universe was like a cardboard box with God sitting outside surrounded by light, but I wanted to know if maybe God was...

Little girls fear being a princess that was never rescued but little boys fear being a prince that was too late.

Jesus reveals who He is through the living Word.

Pride is often used as a way to protect our hearts and to hide the truth. Pride causes us to shut down and build walls.

Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say “I think,” “I am,” but quotes some saint or sage. He is ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing...

Genuine faith will produce genuine changes in your life.